shikari

shikari
noun /ʃɪˈkɑːriː/
a hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent

, 1903: ‘I wonder that my very simple stratagem could deceive so old a shikari,’ said Holmes. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Empty House’ (Norton 2005, p.807)


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